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An official document signed by a doctor, giving someone permission to be away from work or not to do specific types of work. A certificate stating a doctor’s diagnosis of a patient’s medical condition, disability, or fitness to work.  

A place where several different doctors and specialists practise.  

A body with the responsibility of advising on medical audit in primary care.  

Someone who performs routine administrative and clinical tasks to help in the offices and clinics of doctors and other medical practitioners. An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. An individual who assists a qualified physician in an office or other…

Help provided by a nurse, an ambulanceman or a member of an association such as the Red Cross, to a person who is ill or injured. In the U.S., a state administered program designed to pay for health care provided to medically indigent patients.  

A band or chain worn around the wrist giving information about the wearer’s medical needs, allergies or condition.  

Treatment of someone who is ill or injured, given by a doctor.  

The running of hospitals and other health services.  

Referring to the study of diseases. Referring to treatment of disease which does not involve surgery. Referring to treatment given by a doctor, as opposed to a surgeon, in a hospital or in his or her surgery. When applied as an adjective as in “medical treatment”, this term means “nonsurgical,” that is, the avoidance of…

A doctor or medical student (informal).